Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1887-01-04

Department of Agriculture, at Cawnpore,
India, as unable to withstand frost; will
do well on heavy soil, and thrives even on
gravelly land The gum has commercial
value, and the wood is used in making
handles of tools and heavy wagons. The
trees should be planted forty feet apart, or
afterward thinned out to that distance"
This tree should be tried in the thermal
belts and milder parts of the State. Lots
of five trees will be sent to each applicant !;
IS cents per lot by express.
Black Waffle acacia declurens) .-Reports
of trees sent out in previous years are very
favorable The black waffle is shown to
be fully adapted to the coast region of the
State from San Francisco southwark, and
even in many interior points. 1t promises
to be OF much value, as well as the source
of bark for tanning. The tree is a rapid
grower, and the bark is usually stripped in
its eighth to tenth year, when the tree is
thirty to forty feet high. Does well on
heavy as well as on light soils, provided
they are deep. We send seed in two-ounce
packages, five cents each by mail. A few
young trees can be furnished in lots of five
| to each applicant; % cents per lot by ex-
| press.
The seed of the black waffle is hard to
start, and may lie dormant long period.
( w e lHocll thC WHICH ~ MCbtil-
| nan, foreman of the University Agricult-
ural Grounds, finds to yield good results
with seed of the black waffle and with
other hard leguminous seeds, like the va
| riOus species of acacia, the carob, locust,
ETC..
Prepare the beds or boxes and fill with
nice sandy loan. Tie the seeds in piece
of cloth or little bag and put them into a
can of boiling water. Examine them often,
and when they become soft and swollen
| they should be taken out and sown imme-
diately, covering the seeds up, if in boxes,
one-tourth of an inch; in outside beds,
| three-eighths of an inch. Care should be
| taken not to allow the seeds to become dry
during termination. If they are exposed
| to the winter rains, cover lightly with
straw remove the straw when they are
| well sprouted. After the seedlings are fur
| nished with the first or second set of leaves
| they should be thinned or transplanted at
distance of three inches apart. This
gives chance TO cut them out separately,
and leaving little ball of earth to each
| whenever it is desirable to plant them out
in their permanent places"
Ohves.-We have a small number of
olive trees of the =" Nevadillo," medium
sized olive of oval shape, ripening very
early, and the Manzanillo. rather large
olive of more rounded shape, also of early
maturity. These varieties were secured
through Mr.. Pohndorfs importation. We
can send one tree of each variety to each
applicant; % cents for each pair by ex-
press.
Guavas-A limited distribution can also
be made of three guavas, PSiditan ponsi-
ferttBl, p. Cdt1eyanum and p. arOnsaticum.
The first named is the pear-shaped
~ trl,i or,tn uf hafc o,1I
which is reported as doing very well in
sheltered places in Southern California, and
desirable fruit. The second is the more
hardy strawberry guava," and which
promises to succeed wherever the orange
ihrives. The third is a species from Guiana.
As the adoption of the varieties is quite
well defined we will select according to
location of applicant; three plants to each
% cents per lot by express.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Insect Powder Plants.-As there seems
continued desire for small packets of these
seeds for trial, we still offer PyretLrunl cine
rariGt0tiltnl and Z. r0Seltnl, the Dalmatian
and Persian insect powder plants. The
former is the one most to be recommended
as an insecticide, while the latter is quite
ornamental, having flowers resembling
single chrysanthemums, OF four or five
different colors. The seed should be sown
in boxes in light, porous soil, and kept
shaded, but in a warm place and moist.
Under favorable circumstances the seed
will terminate in two or three weeks. and
the plants when of sufficient size to be
handled, should be set out like cabbage
plants. We can furnish the seed in one
ounce packages two cents.
Quinoa (Chenopodiunl quiaod)-0f this
plant we have two varieties, the seed of one
from Germany the other from Peru. The
seed is common article of food in the high
plateau and mountain districts of Chile and
Peru. Unfortunately it is grievously in
tested by the leaf-miniDg larva of fly
which interferes with its prospects. in this
region at least. We would like TO have it
tried in other parts of the State to deter
mine its growth and value. Seed will be
sent in two ounce packages, five cents each,
by mail.
Bamboos.-A number of varieties of
bamboo are now attainable in quantities
to suit from nurserymen and importers.
We have collection of varieties which are
growing well in the Garden of Economic
Plants, but We have only the Artindnaria
tdtcatd for distribution. a few can be fur
nished single plants of this species; %
cents each by express.
Kaffir Coma variety of dhoura, or
Egyptian corn, introduced by DR.. J. H.
Watkins, OF Palmetto, Georgia. 1t differs
from the Egyptian corn grown in this
State in bearing upright heads and in some
what different characteristics of growth, as
will be described in the forthcoming report
of the College of Agriculture. The grain
much resembles the white variety grown in
this State. The plant has matured seed in
Berkeley, which the Sorghum family does
not usually do; the grain, however, is much
inferior to that which may be expected in
the interior of the State. We would like
to have this variety tried by those who are
growing Egyptian corn probably. Seed
will be sent in 2-ounce packages: cents
each by mail. All applications should be
addressed to E. W. HILGARD,